Ah...the saga of the Discharge letter finally ends . So........Jack the Ripper ( the Macmillan nurse tells a cancer patient ) to chase up the letter herself . The hospital sent the letter to the cancer patient's GP direct without telling the cancer patient. The cancer patient calls the hospital and speaks to the ONLY senior nursing person I had ANY confidence in ( I'll call her KIP.......Keeping It Real ) , who stated…
Sat. 18 / 6
S's brother and his wife arrived today. Really nice couple. I started to get teary when I mentioned our time away 2 years ago when the S had a chance to have am owl perched on her arm . That was such a lovely photo I took of her and her new feathered friend. I finally found out why the tall Asian consultant came to apologise one morning after his visit the day before after he told us both that her cancer had…
Fri 17/6.
Jack the Ripper aka the Macmillan nurse called today. Shame that S had mentioned that i was there ...just to see if Jack would ask if there was anybody there since she was giving the news that S's biopsy came back and that there were definately cancerous cells in the tissue from the ovaries. Also , Jack the Ripper told S to get in touch with the hospital ward herself if she wanted the discharge letter . So much…
Thurs 16/6.
By the end of today I would have had 3 hrs sleep in 65 hours due to work and not sleeping well. I arrived at S's and yes ....no fucking discharge letter . But she did get a letter from the consultant who would be looking after her case at the hospital where the hysto would be performed . S was to be at the hospital at 9am , which mean getting up at 6.30/7am . Luckily a friend of hers is giving us a lift as…
Wed 15/6.
Finished work this morning . I got so much from spending time on the internet reading about ovarian cancer than from the hospital or Jack the Ripper. I bumped into an acquaintance of mine , a Dame .............honestly A REAL DAME .........We exchanged pleasantries and then she asked what was the matter as it looked as if I had the weight of the world on my shoulders. And that was it . I started to cry and told…
